[NETBEANS-5656] Various smaller fixes in the database New Connection wizard

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 12.2
• Component/s: db - DB schema
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Eirik Bakke
• Created: 04/May/21 04:29
• Updated: 12/Nov/21 02:51
• Resolved: 12/Nov/21 02:51

Description

Issue for a PR with various small UI improvements to the database module's "New Connection" wizard.

Details:

• Refactor the 'Add Connection' wizard to avoid depending on hardcoded wizard panel indexes.
• Improve two error messages in "New Connection" wizard.
• Avoid a spurious 'Specified class is not a driver' warning in certain situations.
• When detecting the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver, avoid showing an ancient version number.
• Add a default port number for Microsoft SQL Server.
• Tidy up presentation names in the JDBC URL format dropdown.
• Decrease the timeout of the connection validation step.

 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2935
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2975